Invitation to a Beheading
by Vladimir Nabokov
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1960. cloth, hard cover in dust jacket. top edge dyed red., price-clipped dj has rubbing to rear panel and minor shallow wear to some edges, corners. no measurable chips or tears. no writing or markings. no bumps, spots. sturdy binding. an above average copy.; 208pp., translated from the russian by dmitri nabokov in collaboration with the author. states first published in great britain.. First Edition U.K./First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Invitation to a Beheading is a novel by Russian American author Vladimir Nabokov. It was originally published in Russian in 1935-1936 as a serial in Contemporary Notes (Sovremennye zapiski), a highly respected Russian émigré magazine. In 1938 the work was published in Paris, with an English translation following in 1959. The English version was translated by Nabokov's son, Dmitri Nabokov, under the author's supervision.
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- Bookseller
- art longwood books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22540
- Title
- Invitation to a Beheading
- Author
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition U.K./First Printing
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Vladimir Nabokov.; Twentieth Century Literature.; Nabokov First Editions.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vladimir Nabokov;
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